International Association
for Cryptologic Research

Fujitsu is hiring research engineers for our research lab based out of Sunnyvale, CA. We are looking for skilled developers with a research background who enjoy building systems and helping to write academic papers about them. This job will have a large open-source component, so someone who is comfortable working in the open-source space would be an ideal candidate. The role offers flexible office time with the potential to work from home for a large fraction of your time.

Job Responsibilities:

• Design and develop secure blockchain and blockchain-based systems, and write academic papers about them when possible.
• Assist in the creation and maintenance of blockchain open-source projects, and help with research projects based on them. Engage and participate in the open-source blockchain community.
• Help developers build your research systems into production-ready systems.
• Collaborate with researchers both within and outside of Fujitsu to work towards building cutting-edge systems.

Requirements:

• A master’s degree in computer science or a related field, or relevant experience in research and development
• Some track record of research publications. We don’t expect you to publish every year in top venues, but we do want evidence of familiarity with research.
• Experience in open-source development, or a willingness to learn.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Hart Montgomery (hmontgomery@fujitsu.com)

Fujitsu is hiring strong cryptographic researchers for our research lab based out of Sunnyvale, CA. We are looking for researchers who can successfully publish in top venues, collaborate with others in industry and academia, and evangelize cryptography and security within Fujitsu. The role offers flexible office time (including the potential to mostly work from home) and could be fully remote for exceptionally strong candidates.

Job Responsibilities:

• Conduct research in cryptography and related fields (i.e. distributed systems, security, and general theory) and publish it in top conferences. While researchers have wide latitude to work on whatever problems they deem interesting in the field, we do expect that at least some portion of research time will be spent on problems that are more relevant to Fujitsu’s business.
• Collaborate with others in both academia and industry on exciting research problems. Promote Fujitsu as a leader in the field of cryptography and computer security.
• Contribute to new Fujitsu technologies and IP, and help research engineers and developers shepherd the “practical” portion of your research into new business offerings.

Requirements:

• Ph.D. in computer science or a related field.
• A strong track record of publishing in top conferences in cryptography and related fields.
• A vision for the future direction of your research and ideas for how it can be impactful both academically and on Fujitsu’s business.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Hart Montgomery (hmontgomery@fujitsu.com)

The School of Computer Science & Information Technology (CSIT) seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Computer Science (Cybersecurity) to complement and strengthen the Schools’ research and teaching interests. Computer security has been a topic of research and teaching in the School for over thirty years. The school continues to grow with the appointment of new staff with cyber security expertise, introduction of new courses, and significant development of our cybersecurity research portfolio.
The school strategy is to expand its research and teaching in the area of Cybersecurity and candidates with such expertise are encouraged to apply. The School seeks to appoint a committed computer science academic, a dynamic and thoughtful individual who will contribute to its research-led teaching ethos and research agenda.
The School of CSIT has 32 full-time academic staff and offers degrees at bachelors, masters and doctoral level. It offers a welcoming and open working environment, with excellent administrative and technical support, and an inclusive collegiate experience. Academic staff in the school have leadership roles in major national and international research initiatives, including the SFI funded research centers CONNECT (Future Networks and Communications), CONFIRM (Smart Manufacturing), Insight (Data Analytics), LERO (Irish Software Research Centre), and the SFI research spokes BAV (Blended Autonomous Vehicles) and ENABLE (Smart Communities). In addition, school academics lead and host the SFI Centre for Research Training in Advanced Networks for Sustainable Societies and the SFI Centre for Research Training in Artificial Intelligence. The Cork area is home to a cybersecurity cluster of about 25 companies, including multinationals that are well-known for their security products and services, many of whom the School engages with for student internships, research sponsorship and collaboration.
Appointment may be made on the internationally competitive Lectureship (Above the Bar) Salary Scale: €67,073 - €86,241. The position is permanent, with tenure subject to successful completion of the probation and establishment periods.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Informal enquiries can be made, in confidence, to the Head of School, Prof. Cormac J. Sreenan, head@cs.ucc.ie
Applications must be submitted online via the University College Cork vacancy portal (https://ore.ucc.ie/) before 16-Sep-2021 12:00 (noon) Irish time.

More information: https://my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=048051

A Contractual Agent position FG IV in Ispra, Italy. The successful candidate will contribute to the activities of the Cyber and Digital Citizen Security Unit aiming at strengthening the citizen’ security and privacy by exploring innovative forensic technologies to support the fight against organised crimes. The successful candidate shall have a PhD degree - or a minimum of 5 years of full-time research or working experience after the first University degree giving access to doctoral (PhD) studies in the field of applied mathematics, cryptography, computer science, or machine learning and deep learning techniques, or similar. Solid knowledge and experience are required in:  Mathematics and more particularly cryptography or multi-linear algebra;  Machine learning and deep learning;  Ability to work in a multilingual and multicultural environment;  English language, at least C1 level both oral and written. The following knowledge or experience are an asset:  Experience with digital forensic techniques  Experience with High-Performance Computing platform

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Laurent Beslay jrc-e3-secretariat@ec.europa.eu

More information: https://recruitment.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

In the Science, Engineering and Technology Group of KU Leuven, Faculty of Engineering Science, Department of Computer Science, there is a full-time academic vacancy for a professor in the area of secure and dependable software systems and services. This area is interpreted broadly, and includes for example the resilience, reliability and security of digital services, of software products and of Internet-based systems.
We are looking for an internationally orientated candidate with both educational competence and excellent research experience in computer science, and with extensive expertise in the field of secure and robust software systems and services. The new faculty member will become a member of the DistriNet unit, an internationally leading research group with recognized expertise in the areas of security, distributed systems and software engineering.
Candidates will be expected to develop an ambitious research programme that integrates well with the current research activities of the research group. Candidates should also be prepared to provide scientific services both within and outside the university, and to contribute to education at bachelor and master level.
DistrNet is the "sister" organization of COSIC, it deals with general security research whereas COSIC deals with cryptographic research. The two organizations are part of the CyberSecurity Flanders initiative, which supports their work.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: For more information please contact Prof. dr. ir. Wouter Joosen, tel.: +32 16 32 76 53, mail: wouter.joosen@kuleuven.be or Prof. dr. ir. Stefan Vandewalle, tel.: +32 16 32 76 54, mail: stefan.vandewalle@kuleuven.be.

More information: https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60022535

Telecom Paris is hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor in Computer Science, with a preference for Cryptography and Cybersecurity. Application deadline: September, 24th 2021 Link: https://institutminestelecom.recruitee.com/l/en/o/maitre-de-conferences-en-informatique-fh-a-telecom-paris-cdi

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Phan Duong Hieu (hieu.phan@telecom-paris.fr)

More information: https://institutminestelecom.recruitee.com/l/en/o/maitre-de-conferences-en-informatique-fh-a-telecom-paris-cdi

We are looking for a bright and motivated PhD student to work in the topics of information security and cryptography. The student is expected to work on topics that include security and privacy issues for resource-constrained devices (e.g., sensors) that rely on external untrusted servers in order to perform computations. More precisely, the student shall be working on investigating efficient authentication and verifiable delegation of computation mechanisms that provide: i) provable security guarantees, and ii) rigorous privacy guarantees. The overall aim of the PhD position will be to design and evaluate provably secure cryptographic protocols for privacy-preserving authentication and verifiable delegation of computation protocols. The research shall also consider the case where multiple clients outsource jointly computations to untrusted cloud servers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform exciting and challenging research in the domain of information security and cryptography.
• Support and assist in teaching computer security and cryptography courses.

Your Profile:

• The PhD student is expected to have a MSc degree or equivalent, and strong background in cryptography, network security and mathematics.
• Experience in one or more domains such as cryptography, design of protocols, secure multi-party computation and differential privacy is beneficial.
• Excellent programming skills.

Deadline: 5 August 2021.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Katerina Mitrokotsa

More information: https://jobs.unisg.ch/offene-stellen/phd-position-in-applied-cryptography-and-information-security-m-w-d/09f75f22-649c-48a6-9aa4-659bbd686a84

We are looking for an excellent and motivated cryptography research engineer to a group of researchers focusing in applied and theoretical cryptography, network and information security and privacy-preservation led by Prof. Katerina Mitrokotsa. We are affiliated to the School of Computer Science (SCS) at the University of St.Gallen. The work is ideal for young professionals who want to boost their CV for applying for PhD positions or industrial jobs.

Responsibilities As a research engineer in the Cyber Security chair you will establish and work in a state-of-the-art IoT (Internet of Things) lab with smart devices ranging from Raspberry Pi's, sensors, smart microphones, toy cars, RFID tags, RFID readers, smart phones, biometric sensors and you will work with world-leading researchers to implement, test, and showcase secure and privacy-preserving protocols and algorithms. Many projects are done in collaboration with other academic and industrial partners. More specifically, the job includes:

• Development and implementation of concepts and research results, both individually and in collaboration with researchers and PhD students,
• Run of experiments and simulation of realistic conditions to test the performance of developed algorithms and protocols,
• Development, maintenance and organization of software,
• Support to BSc, MSc and PhD students, postdocs and researchers who use the lab,
• Responsibility for day routines in the lab, for example purchases, installations, bookings, inventory.

Your profile:

• The successful applicant is expected to hold or to be about to receive a M.Sc. degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics or similar fields
• Good command of English is required.
• You should have a good academic track record and well developed analytical and problem solving skills.
• Excellent programming skills and familiarity with cryptographic libraries.
• Previous experience in implementation projects with C++, Matlab/Simulink, Python is desired.

Deadline: 10 August

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Katerina Mitrokotsa

More information: https://jobs.unisg.ch/offene-stellen/cryptography-engineer-m-w-d/634aea27-37d2-4f1f-ab25-2d3c0a622fc0

Post-doctoral fellow position in Department of Computer Engineering at Gachon University in the field of information security including cryptography for at least two year appointment. Applicants should have their Ph.D degrees as of August 31, 2021. Please email with subject ‘Postdoc position’ statement of research, CV, recommendation letters or referees, and publications records to sohwang (at) gachon.ac.kr Closing date for applications: 07 August 2021 More information: https://ai-security.github.io/index_e.htm

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Contact Professor Seong Oun Hwang at sohwang (at) gachon.ac.kr

The School of Computer Science at the University of Birmingham seeks to recruit outstanding computer scientists for the role of Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Cyber Security. Candidates are welcome from both early career and established stages with an emphasis on a growing international reputation. Particular strengths of the group include: • Applied cryptography • Hardware-based security • Embedded systems security (including automotive security) • Side-channel and fault-based attacks • Security protocol analysis • Health data security • Blockchain security • Artificial intelligence and machine learning security • Fintech security • Industrial control systems security

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Mark Ryan

More information: https://bham.taleo.net/careersection/external/jobdetail.ftl?job=2100019X

Cambridge Quantum (CQ) is a quantum computing software and algorithms company aiming to allow our customers to get the most out of quantum computers both now and in the future. Our cybersecurity division is developing quantum-related technologies including the world’s only quantum random number generator (QRNG) that uses quantum computers to produce verifiably high-quality entropy.

In this role will work in our quantum cryptography team and bring your expertise in computer science and/or classical cryptography to find solutions to the different problems faced both by classical cryptography in a post-quantum world but also the ones faced by quantum cryptography.

Role overview

• Research and design new cryptography applications with a quantum advantage, together with their security proofs.
• Find innovative solutions to the problems faced by classical cryptography in a quantum world and to the challenges faced in quantum cryptography.

Key Requirements

• PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Expertise in one or more of the following: post-quantum cryptography (E.g. lattice-based crypto), multi-party computation, zero-knowledge proofs, formal verification tools, information-theoretic security, cryptanalysis.
• Track record of publications in relevant fields.

Desirable

• Job experience in research either as a postdoc or with a company.
• Familiarity with quantum-based cryptography.
• An interest in the discussions and issues surrounding the transition to post-quantum cryptography.
• Good programming skills (E.g. Python, C/C++ and/or other).
• Ability to mentor and coach colleagues.

Full details including information on our current projects, benefits, and how to apply available via main link.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Ela Lee (ela dot lee at cambridgequantum dot com)

More information: https://jobs.eu.lever.co/cambridgequantum/762ede2f-22ce-4c4a-88f6-fa07f602d8f4?lever-origin=applied&lever-source%5B%5D=iacr.org%2Fjobs%2F

Zilliqa Research Pte. Ltd. is the creator of Zilliqa – a scalable blockchain platform to run distributed applications. The company maintains the platform as well as develops tools and services around it.

The research team at Zilliqa consists of senior researchers and research engineers working on distributed systems, programming languages, system security and formal verification. Since starting in late 2017, the team has produced several scientific and engineering work ranging from distributed systems, e.g., the sharding design for scaling blockchains that is now being adopted by several other platforms; to programming languages, e.g., a new principled smart contract language amenable to formal verification called Scilla among others.

We firmly believe in conducting research with practical significance in the blockchain space and particularly research that can go into production systems like Zilliqa, Ethereum or Bitcoin.

Role Overview: As a blockchain researcher, you will be responsible for conducting impactful research that can improve the state of the art blockchain infrastructures and in particular the Zilliqa blockchain. In this role, you will be working very closely with the research team as well as system engineers. We offer a competitive salary, a creative work environment and an opportunity to push a research contribution into a production system.

Scope of Role: We are looking for a researcher with experience in blockchains, distributed systems and applied cryptography. The role will require the researcher to identify key research problems in the blockchain space and the Zilliqa platform in particular and conduct impactful research.

Experience:

Research experience either as a PhD or as research assistant.

Must have published at least 2 papers in top-tier conferences.

Must have a good engineering background.

Must have conducted research in distributed systems, applied cryptography, system security, and blockchains in general.

Applying for this Role: Contact us by sending your updated CV.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: amrit@zilliqa.com

The Cryptography and Privacy Engineering Group (ENCRYPTO) @CS Department @Technical University of Darmstadt offers a fully funded position as Doctoral Researcher (Research Assistant/PhD Student) in Private Machine Learning for Mobile Applications, ideally starting from Oct 1, 2021 for up to 3 years with the possibility of extension.
Job description: You'll work in the research training group/doctoral college Privacy & Trust for Mobile Users funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). In our sub-project, we build cryptography-based private machine learning services for mobile applications and investigate their legal applicability (data protection) and economic feasibility in interdisciplinary collaborations. You conduct research, implement prototypes, and publish&present the results at top venues. You'll participate in teaching and supervise thesis students & student assistants.
We offer: We demonstrate that privacy is efficiently protectable in real-world applications via cryptographic protocols. Our open and international working environment facilitates excellent research in a sociable team. TU Darmstadt is a top research university for IT security, cryptography and CS in Europe. Darmstadt is a very international, livable and well-connected city in the Rhine-Main area around Frankfurt. Knowledge of German is beneficial, but not required, and TU Darmstadt offers corresponding support.
Your profile:

• Completed Master's degree (or equivalent) at a top university with excellent grades in IT security, computer science, or a similar area.
• Extensive knowledge in applied cryptography/IT security and very good software development skills. Knowledge in cryptographic protocols (ideally MPC) is a plus.
• Experience with/motivation for working with other disciplines, e.g., law or economics.
• Self-motivated, reliable, creative, can work independently, and want to do excellent research.
• Our working language is English: able to discuss/write/present scientific results in English. German is beneficial but not required.

Application deadline: Aug 21, 2021. Later applications are considered.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Thomas Schneider (application@encrypto.cs.tu-darmstadt.de)

More information: https://encrypto.de/2021-RTG-EN

Dear students,
Several PhD positions (TV-L 13, full time) in the area of self-learning. Anomaly detection for critical infrastructure, secure cyber-physical Systems, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning for Encrypted Network Traffic Analysis (Traffic Analysis) at the Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU Cottbus) are to be filled as soon as possible.
English-speaking applicants with basic German language skills are also welcome.
Tasks:
Active research in the area of intrusion detection systems (IDS) for critical infrastructures, secure cyber-physical systems, and artificial intelligence / machine learning for traffic analysis.
Implementation and evaluation of new algorithms and methods.
Cooperation and knowledge transfer with industrial partners.
Publication of scientific results.
Assistance with teaching.

The employment takes place with the goal of doctoral graduation (obtaining a PhD degree).

Requirements:
Recognized above-average master's degree in computer science or a related discipline
Very good English skills
Programming skills
Interest in IT security/privacy/networking.

Applications containing the following documents:
A detailed Curriculum Vitae.
Transcript of records from your Master studies.
An electronic version of your Master thesis, if possible should be sent in a single PDF file as soon as possible, but not later than 30.07.2021 at itsec-jobs.informatik@lists.b-tu.de.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Prof. A. Panchenko

More information: https://www.informatik.tu-cottbus.de/~andriy/phd-ad-btu_en.pdf

The Institute of Information Security at University of Stuttgart offers a

fully-funded Postdoc position in formal verification.

The successful candidate is expected to work on tool-supported formal verification of security-critical systems and security protocols.

The position is available immediately with an internationally competitive salary (German public salary scale TV-L E13, or TV-L E14, depending on the candidate's qualification, ranging from about 4.600 Euro to 6.200 Euro monthly gross salary). The appointment period follows the German Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz (WissZeitVg), ranging from one year to up to six years.

The Institute of Information Security offers a creative international environment for top-level international research in Germany's high-tech region.

The successful candidate should have a Ph.D. (or should be very close to completion thereof) in Computer Science, Mathematics, Information Security, or a related field. We value strong analytical skills and

• solid knowledge of logic, proofs and/or formal verification techniques (Theorem Proving, Type Checking, etc.),
• solid programming experience.

Knowledge in security is not required, but a plus. Knowledge of German is not required.

The deadline for applications is

August 1st, 2021.

Late applications will be considered until the position is filled. See the official job announcement for details on how to apply.

https://www.sec.uni-stuttgart.de/institute/job-openings/

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Prof. Ralf Küsters
Institute of Information Security
University of Stuttgart
Germany
ralf.kuesters@sec.uni-stuttgart.de

More information: https://www.sec.uni-stuttgart.de/institute/job-openings/

Did you recently gain a Master/PhD in the area of Applied Cryptology?

Do you want to design, code and co-invent the next generation of Distributed Systems protocols?

At QPQ, we are building the Internet of Economics, a new approach to a compliant and regulated financial systems infrastructure.

Join a team of mathematicians, computer scientists, engineers and self-taught individuals.

What do we give you?

• A stimulating, Socratic intellectual environment.
• As Socratic implies, we want you to have a voice. We do not recruit brilliant people to put them in boxes, we recruit brilliant people so they can push the horizons even further.
• Hybrid office approach – we have been a distributed workforce from the start. This role is centred around our European axis, so we expect you to live within +/- 2 hours of CET. We get together a complete team every quarter, so you must be willing to travel and embrace being part of a diverse team drawn from many walks of life and cultures.
• Competitive salary, travel expense budget and many future opportunities to participate in the company’s growth.
• The mother of all intellectual challenges!

Responsibilities:

• Perform research and engineering on cryptographic protocols applied in a DeFi context.
• Working with a multi-faceted team of practitioners on a set of blockchain-based privacy protocols interacting in a DeFi environment and providing compliance with financial regulations.
• Focus on modern zero knowledge protocols that guarantee privacy and compliance.

Requirements:

• Master or Ph.D. in cryptography or a closely related field.
• Be able to prototype protocols/schemes/algorithms in at least one relevant programming language.
• General understanding of full-stack system architecture.
• Have a thorough approach and be committed to high quality output.
• Have prior research/code already published in the space.
• A proactive, self-driven approach and problem-solving mindset.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Emanuele Ragnoli at opportunities at qpq.io

Do you have a Master/PhD, research or coding experience in the area of Applied Cryptology?
Do you want to design, code and co-invent the next generation of Distributed Systems protocols?
At QPQ, we are building the Internet of Economics, a new approach to a compliant and regulated financial systems infrastructure. Join a team of mathematicians, computer scientists, engineers and self-taught individuals.

What do we give you?

• A stimulating, Socratic intellectual environment. As Socratic implies, we want you to have a voice. We do not recruit brilliant people to put them in boxes, we recruit brilliant people so they can push the horizons even further.
• Hybrid office approach – we have been a distributed workforce from the start. This role is centred around our European axis, so we expect you to live within +/- 2 hours of CET. We get together a complete team every quarter, so you must be willing to travel and embrace being part of a diverse team drawn from many walks of life and cultures.
• Competitive salary, travel expense budget and many future opportunities to participate in the company’s growth.
• The mother of all intellectual challenges!

Responsibilities:

• Perform research and engineering on cryptographic protocols in a DS context.
• Working with a multi-faceted team of practitioners on a set of DLT-based privacy protocols interacting in a DeFi environment and providing compliance with financial regulations.
• Focus on modern zero knowledge protocols that guarantee privacy and compliance.

Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience in software development.
• Be able to prototype protocols/schemes/algorithms in at least one relevant programming language.
• General understanding of full-stack system architecture.
• Have a thorough approach and be committed to high quality output Have prior research/code already published in the space.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• A proactive, self-driven approach and problem.

Closing date for applications:

Contact: Emanuele Ragnoli at opportunities at qpq.io